L'adieu aux armes

Original title: A Farewell to Arms

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5.8/10

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An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.

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Romantic Epic Drama Romance War

An English nurse and an American ambulance driver on the Italian front during World War 1 fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them challenge their romance to the limit.An English nurse and an American ambulance driver on the Italian front during World War 1 fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them challenge their romance to the limit.An English nurse and an American ambulance driver on the Italian front during World War 1 fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them challenge their romance to the limit.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Trivia
Rock Hudson turned down The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Sayonara (1957) and Ben-Hur (1959) in order to make this film. He later said this was the biggest mistake of his career.

Goofs
The British nurses at the hospital all have American accents.

Quotes
Major Alessandro Rinaldi: She's very strange, very moody, who knows she might even prefer you to me.

Crazy credits
Producer David O. Selznick tries to imitate the opening credits of his classic film, "Gone With The Wind", by having the letters of the title "A Farewell to Arms" sweep slowly across the screen from right to left.

Connections
Featured in Au coeur du temps: The Ghost of Nero (1967)

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5/10

Knowing The Score

The Gary Cooper/Helen Hayes version of A Farewell To Arms, well acted for the time it was made, seems dated now. The 1957 version of Hemingway's great romantic novel is, like The Sun Also Rises, another adaptation of one of Papa's masterpieces, pretty to look at, expensively made, and wooden in all other respects.

In this version Hudson is earnest but bland, Jones too old, De Sica in the wrong movie and Stritch, well, her acid nurse is one of the film's only bright spots.

But the real reason to see the film is the ravishing musical score by Mario Nasciembe. Talk about romantic! Talk about lush! Talk about unforgettable! Had the film been as good as it's musical score it would have been a classic; what A Farewell To Arms ultimately is though, is an overstuffed period piece and a tepid finale to the great David Selznick's career. (By the way should you want to skip the film, the soundtrack is currently available on CD.)